Guyana’s partnership with Norway on forests, climate change and the Amaila hydropower project is shrouded in secrecy, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) says.
Pointing to the pending final review on the controversial Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), the Office of the Leader of the Opposition yesterday released a letter it sent on August 24 to the Norwegian government, outlining among other issues, the lack of inclusion of the Opposition and citizens in the process.
“Since the Minister of Natural Resource’s announcement in April that such a review (of AFHP) would be conducted and expected to be concluded in September, 2016, there has been no further information until today’s media report which stated that Norwegian company, Norconsult, hired to carry out the fact-based review had requested more time to conclude its report,” a press release from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo stated.
The media report referred to was an article in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News where Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman informed that the deadline for the report on a review of the financial model of the AFHP has been extended. The reason being that Norconsult, the Norwegian company contracted to undertake the task, has asked government for more time.
